Fuller Online
ML534: Winter
2009
Clinton/Villacorta
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ML534:
VALUE-BASED LEADERSHIP IN THE OLD TESTAMENT (4 units)
J.
Online
facilitation by
DESCRIPTION:
Leadership theory over the past 150 years has
evolved through five major paradigmatic eras. The present era, the Complexity
Era, has a strong focus toward value-based leadership. Early eras concentrated
on the “what” of leadership and the “how” of leadership. The Complexity Era
continues these, but adds the “why” of leadership. This course utilizes many of
these leadership perspectives, most of which are cross-cultural, to test and
explore these findings in the Old Testament. What does the Old Testament say
about these various leadership perspectives (such as leadership elements,
leadership styles, philosophical models, leadership emergence theory,
mentoring, change dynamics, etc.) as the framework for studying leadership?
Four of the six
leadership eras in the Bible, the four Old Testament eras, are studied: 1) The
Patriarchal Leadership Era (leadership roots); 2) The Pre-Kingdom Leadership
Era (desert, warfare, tribal); 3) The Kingdom Leadership Era (united, divided,
single); 4) The Post-Kingdom Leadership Era (exile, post-exilic, interim).
Seven types of studies are done: (1) biographical; (2) historical leadership
acts; (3) actual leadership contexts, (4) parabolic leadership literature, (5)
indirect passages dealing with Christian character or behavior; (6) Bible books
studied as a whole placing them in their context hermeneutically and in terms
of leadership eras; (7) studies across books for common themes and lessons on
leadership (called macro-lessons). This quarter we will major on two Bible
Characters and their books—Nehemiah and Habakkuk.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
·
Ability
to identify leadership lessons using macro-lesson study in the Old Testament.
·
Recognize
the importance of the Bible as a source of hope and wisdom for leaders.
·
Learn
some skills for studying leaders and leadership in the Scriptures.
·
Learn
some major leadership lessons from the Bible.
·
Evaluate
present Bible knowledge.
·
Commit
to an on-going program of personal Bible study so as to improve their Bible
knowledge in general and Biblical leadership knowledge in particular with a
view toward becoming Bible centered leaders.
COURSE FORMAT:
The class will be conducted on the Internet
using a 10-week lesson program aligned with Fuller’s academic calendar. Each
week students and the instructor will interact with the material examining key
themes and characteristics of modern/postmodern culture through journaling,
threaded discussions, and web-based research.
REQUIRED
·
Clinton,
J. Robert. Leadership Perspectives—How To Study the Bible for Leadership
(formerly Handbook I).
·
_______.
·
_______.
·
_______.
Having a Ministry That Lasts.
·
Course
reader supplied in the course shell (Spiritual Formation Inputs, Content
Inputs, E-corebook and Articles).
RECOMMENDED
·
Clinton,
J. Robert & Raab, Laura. The Joshua Portrait. Altadena, CA: Barnabas Publishers, 1990.
·
_______. The
Bible and Leadership Values—A Book By Book Analysis.
ASSIGNMENTS:
1.
Weekly
threaded discussions
2.
3.
Evaluation
of Bible mastery: including present mastery, major Bible test from BMPI given
in Having a Ministry That Lasts; and Future Plan for Bible Mastery.
4.
Practical Use of Equipping Formula including: (A) Devotional
exercises; (B) a Presence Macro-Lesson (5-7 page paper)
5.
One
communication event— to be designed and presented to some group—written and
submitted.
6.
Reading
of Leadership Materials including the required texts, the two commentaries and
leadership articles.
7.
Observation
/ written exercise using an e-Core book.
8.
Final
Day Exercise response
PREREQUISITES: None. Courses
such as ML530 or ML501, ML520, ML521, and ML523 are helpful.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Elective. Ministry Focus Studies in MA in
Global Leadership.
FINAL EXAMINATION: None
This ECD is a reliable guide to the course design but is subject to
modification
Updated
October 2008